Mechanisms of non-verbal communication in the young child | ACMI collection

Looks at ways in which young children aged from eighteen months to three years communicate with each other, and shows the influence of the home and the mother on the behaviour patterns of children in relation to others.

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Credits

Duration

00:39:45:00

Production places

France

Production dates

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

505529

Language

English

Subject categories

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Communication

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Family relationships

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Growth

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Behavior evolution

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children - Growth

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Identity (Psychology) in children

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology - Experiments

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Behavior evolution

Short films

Short films → Short films - France

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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